Effects of intraventricular encapsulated hNGF-secreting fibroblasts in aged rats

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-223

  Lindner, M D ^a   Kearns, C E ^a   Winn, S R ^a   Frydel, B ^a   Emerich, D F ^a  

^a CytoTherapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Intraventricular implants; Morris water maze; NGF; Polymer encapsulation; Safety; Xenogeneic grafts

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COGNITION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0029915408     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(95)02029-2     Document Type: Article

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